Transportation container



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TRNSFORTATION CONTAINER Filed Jan. 9, 1932 6 Sheets-Sheet 6 fhn F/fcWilliam Patented Nov. 20, 1934 UNITED vSTATES vPA'IEiv-l* OFFICE land,Ohio, assignors to The Youngstown S Cleveland, Ohio, a corporation DoorCompany, of Ohio Application January 9,

20 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in transportation containers,andmore particularly that type of transportation container known asrailway containers.

In the transportation of merchandise and other freight in so-called lessthan carload lots, by truck, railway and/or boat, the merchandise isplaced in closed metal containers having pivoted doors on opposite sidesthereof, which doors are then locked and sealed and transported from thesource of Origin to the consignee. Such containers are most frequentlyassembled on at cars in groups and are subject to all kinds of weatherconditions so that adequate provision must be made for weather-sealingthe several joints around the doors in order to prevent damage or injuryto the contents while being transported.

Heretofore, two general methods have been employed to seal the doorjoints. One of such general methods utilizes rubber sealing strips orgaskets in or along the several door joints and the other general methodutilizes spring pressed wooden strips beneath layers of canvas, feltand/or other fabric.

Experience has demonstrated that both of the or seals soon deteriorate,thus necessitating re-l placement with its attendant expense. In thecase of spring pressed packings, the wood backingstrips soon dry out andbecome warped and the wear on the fabric is quite rapid. The springpressed packings are also open to the objection that considerable poweris required in closing and opening the doors because of the resistancethat must be overcome in compressing the packing.

Still another objection inherent in the foregoing described types ofsealing arrangements in the case of transportation of certaincommodities, is that the sealed joints, when effective, are air tight sothat air circulation to the interior of the container is prevented andhence sweating" is induced.

One object of this invention is to provide a transportation containereconomical to manu-v facture and maintain and wherein the joints aroundthe doors are effectively and efficiently sealed against the weatherwithout the use 0f teel 1932, Serial No. 585,708

rubber gaskets, spring pressed' packings or like attachments subject todeterioration.

Another object of the invention is to provide a transportation containerhaving pivoted doors wherein the weather sealing of all the verticaldoor joints is obtained by means ofY freely interlocking parts, integralor fixed with respect to the several door framing elements and doorsproper.

Another Object of the invention is to provide a transportationcontainerof the typeindicated, wherein the joint along the tops of thedoors is effectively weather sealed by means Of an automaticallyfunctioning sealing hood or flap.

A further object of the invention is to provide a transportationcontainer wherein the foregoing objects of invention may be attained inconnection with doors of either the single orso-'called double orfoldingleaf type.

Still another object of the invention is to provide, in -atransportation container, simple, eilicient and relatively inexpensivemeans for locking and sealing the doors in closed position, which meansrequire manipulation of only a single member with a minimum number ofmovements to effect closure, locking and release of all the doors andapplicable to either doors of the single or so-called double or leaftype.

Another object of the invention is to provide a transportation containerwith joints around the doors such that, while completely effective toseal the same against admission of rain, snow, sleet or the like, it atthe same time allows of air passing through the joints in order toprevent sweating.

Other objects of the invention will more clearly appear from thedescription and claims hereinafter following.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is an endelevational view of a transportation container of the railway type,showing the improvements in connection therewith, parts being brokenaway to better accommodate the view On the sheet and a portion of thepivoted hood or lintel being broken away to illustrate certain of theparts. Figure 2 is an enlarged `horizontal, sectional view,corresponding substantially to the line 2--2 of Figure 1. Figure 3 is anelevational view, upon an enlarged scale, illustrating more particularlythe closureoperator for the doors, parts being broken away to.accommodate the figure on the sheet and the top sealing hood or flapbeing omitted. Figure 4 is`- a vertical, sectional view correspondingsubstantially to the line 4-4 of Figure 3. Figure 5A is a horizontal,detailed, sectional view, corresponde ingtotheline5-5ofFigure3.Figureisa vertical, sectional view, upon an enlarged scale,corresponding to the section line 6-6 of Figure 1. Figure 7 is anenlarged, vertical, sectional view corresponding to the line 7-7 ofFigure 1. Figure 8 is a detail view corresponding to Figure 2, showing amodified form of a weather sealing flange.l Figures 9 to 15, inclusive,are views similar to Figures 1 to4 7, respectively. illustrating another embodiment. of the invention,'ligure 10 corresponding to thesection line 10-10 ofk Figure 9, Figure 12 to the section line 12-12 ofFigure 11; Figure 13 to the section line 13-13 of Figure 11 and Figures14 and 15 corresponding to the section lines 14--14 and 15-15,respectively,

` of Figure 9. In Figure 9, parts of the container surro 'ng the doorstructure have 'been omitted in orde to permit illustration upon asomewhat larger scale.

Refening first to the construction illustrated in Figures 1 vto 7, thecontainer is shown as having an end wall 20 in which the doorarrangement is provided, it being understood that a duplicatearrangement will ordinarily be used on the opposite end of thecontainer.` The corner posts of` the container are indicated at 21-21,the roof at 22, crane hooks 23--23 at the upper corners thereof andcrane loops 24--24, two or more on each side at the rooi'. As willbeunderstood, the side walls of the container may be suitably braced toprovide the necessary rigidity as by vertical corrugations 25-25.

Each door opening is defined by a top plate 26, which functions as theside or end plate of the container, the same being oi generallyZ-formation with an upstanding flange 27, to which the roof sheets aresecured, and an inwardly offset. depending flange 28 constituting thelintel oi' the door framing. The side posts of the door openingframework are defined by members. 29 oi' generally channel formation.having one leg thereof elongated, as illustrated Ibest in Figure 2.V

The bottom of the door opening is defined by a sill 30 of channelformation, as shownin Iiigure 7, that portion of the sill correspondingto the' width of the door being inwardly offset from the remaining endportions of the sill, indicated at 30e.

between which and the sill is interposed a door Secured to the sill is athreshold angle 31 sheet 32 and on top of which lie the floor boards,indicated at 33. Secured to each of the postsl 29, in the constructionshown, is -a channel 34 facing inwardly toward the door opening andconstituting what may be termed the jamb of the door frame. l

In the arrangement chosen for illustration, the door opening 'is closedby two doors A and B, each of which in turn is comprised of two leaves,

those of the door A being referenced 35 and 36Y and those of the door Bas 37 and 38. The doorsv are mounted on sets oi' double hinges 39-39,

fastened to,l Ithe post.29 so as taper-mit the outer leaf of each doorto swing back yupon its inner leaf and still swing clear of the post 29and be,

folded back against the wall of the container, as

' will be understood. The two'leaves of each door are pivotallyconnected as by the hinges 40-40. Each door, as shown, may be said tocomprise a main sheet metal portion or panel with reinforced edges, theedges being varied somewhat on the individual leaves in order to conformto the corresponding adjacent members with which the weather seal is tobe effected. Considering first the door leaf 37, the same comprises amain sheet metal panel 41 of suitable gauge, which is inclined outwardlyalong each of its vertical edges, as indicated at 42-43, and thence hasits marginal portions extended parallel to the main plane ofthe door, asindicated at 44-45. Between the inclined portion 42 and 43, the panelmay be suitably reinforced by integrally formed horizontal corrugations46. Secured to the inner sides of the flat marginal portions 44' and 45are preferably formed channel shaped reinforcements 47 and 48,respectively, the channels facing toward the edges of the door, asclearly shown in Figure 2. To the lefthand edge of the door 37, asviewed in Figure 2, is secured a combined bracing and bridging strip orplate 49 for the full length of the door, the same being riveted to themain panel sheets, as indicated at 50, and to the inner flange of thechannel member 47, as indicated at 51. Said plate is extended beyond theedge of the door so as to provide a weather sealing fiange 52, which isinclined outwardly and away from the door and adapted, when the door isin closed position, to extend within the corre' will be offset, asindicated at 56-56, a. dis-' tance corresponding to the thickness of thebridging plates 49 and 53 so as to obtain a substantially flush surface.

Referring now more particularly to Figures 6 and 7, the main panel 41 ofthe door 37 is inclined outwardly and away from the center of the panel'f at the top and bottom edges, as indicated at 56 and 57, respectively,the sheet then being continued to provide vertically extending atmarginal portions 58` and 59, respectively, at the top and bottom and tothe inner sides of which are secured angles 60 andl 61, respectively.The angies 60 and 61- will be extended tothe vertical margins of thedoor over the top and bottom ends, respectively, of the side edgeconstructions. As will be understood, the door leaf 35 will bev madesimilar to the door leaf 37 and detailed description thereof is notdeemed necessary.

' The door-leaf 38 has its lefthand edge, as viewed in Figure 2.constructed similar to that of the lefthand edge of the door leaf 37 andthe same will be true of the righthand edge of the door leaf 36, asviewed in Figure 1. The righthand edge of the door leaf 38, since it isformed to provide a housing for the operating shaft, is of specialformation, as shown in Figure 2. Instead 47 or 48, the bridging orbracing plate 62, which is secured to the main panel at 63, is extendedparallel to the main panel for a distance, is then extended outwardly atright angles, as indicated at 63, thence parallel withthe outer marginalflange, asr indicated at 64, and beyond the marginal flange, and thenceis bent inwardly at right angles, as indicated at 65, and terminates ina narrow inner edge flange 66. The main panel sheet and section 64 ofthe edge reinforcement are secured byv rivets 67.

'I'he free edge of the remaining door leaf l36 is formed similar to therighthand vertical edge of the leaf v37, except that the bridging stripor plate at 69, and is thence bent outwardly at right angles, asindicated at 70, so as to provide a flange which enters the channel ortrough-like free edge of the door B.4 As will be understood, the top andbottom edges of the door leaves 36 and 38 are formed similar to the topedges of the other leaves 35 and 37.

With the construction shown and so far described, it will be seen thatat each vertical joint between the doors and jambs, between the leavesof each door, and between the meeting edges of the two doors, there isprovided what may be termed a channel or trough-like construction on onemember and an extended flange on the corresponding adjacent member,which is adapted to enter the channel or trough-like formation when thedoors are in fully closed position. It will further be evident that anyrain, snow or sleet which may be driven through the cracks or joints,will strike against a flange or section and thereby be deiiected more orless outwardly and its momentum destroyed so that it will not pass theseals provided by the cooperating edge structures. At the same time,while the joints are weather sealed as against the admission of rain orother foreign matter, nevertheless air may circulate to a limited extentbetween the interior and exterior of the container, thus preventingsweating.

Referring more particularly to Figure 7, it will also be noted that aneffective seal has been provided at the bottom edges of the doors.Secured to the sill 30 is a horizontally disposed angle 71 having itsupper flange arranged horizontally and extending outwardly, as indicatedat 72, which, when the doors are in closed position, is slightly spacedbelow the horizontal flanges of the bottom angles 61 of the doors, thelatter in turn being disposed below the floor level. With thisarrangement, any foreign matter driven inwardly below the edges of thedoors, will first be deflected by the angle 71-72 and even though someof the foreign matter may pass the joint between the flange 72 and thedepending flanges of the door angles, its momentum will be sufficientlydestroyed so that it cannot pass upwardly between the bottom door angles61 and the threshold angle 31.

To provide the weather seal for the top edges of the doors, thefollowing arrangement is employed. Secured to the lintel for the fulllength thereof is a plate 73 (see Figure 6) which extends downwardlybelow the web section of the side plate and is first outwardly offset,as indicated at 74, and thence bent inwardly as indicated at 75.Pivotally mounted on the door posts at each of its ends, as by brackets76 having pintles 77, is a hood or deflector plate 78, which extendsupwardly behind the plate 73 where it has an outturned flange 79 andwhich is extended down below the top edges -of the doors and terminatesin a downwardly and outwardly inclined flange 80. Said hood plate 78normally hangs in the position shown in Figure 6 under the influence ofgravity, but is adapted to be swung outwardly about its pivot 77 whenany one of the doors is opened. As clear from Figure 6, any rain orother foreign matter which may be driven inwardly below the flange maypass the joint between it and the hood plate 78, but its momentum willbe sufficiently destroyed in the pocket above the flange 75 so that itwill not pass over the flange 79. `Similarly any foreign matter drivenhorizontally against the door below the shedding flange 80 will strikethe door panels and be deflected outwardly and the momentum sufficientlydestroyed so that it cannot pass up through the relatively wide jointbetween the hood plate 78` and top marginal portions of the doors.

To lock or latch the doors in closed position, the following arrangementis employed. Referring to Figures 2 and 6, the door leaf 38 is providedat the top thereof at its inner or hinged edge, with a bracket 81 ofgenerally angular formation, as viewed in Figure 6, the depending flangethereof being riveted to the top edge of the door construction, asindicated at 82. The horizontal flange of said bracket is extendedinwardly beyond the inner face of the door and at its inner end isformed with a lug or hook 83, which is adapted to enter through anopening 84 provided therefor in the depending flange of the top plate orlintel 26. When the door leaf 38 is in fully closed position, as shownin Figure 2, said hook or lug 83 engages behind the lintel and henceprevents the door from opening outwardly at the pivot joint between theleaves 37 and 38. As will be understood, a corresponding arrangement isemployed at the upper. end of the door leaf 36. At the bottom and alsoadjacent the pivotal connection thereof, the leaf 38 is providedwith acorresponding bracket 85 of angular form, the vertical flange of whichis riveted to the 'lower edge of the door, as indicated at 86, and theother horizontal flange of which is formed with a hook or lug 87, whichis adapted to enter through alined slots 88 forme'd in the sill 30 andthe depending flange of the angle 71-72, as shown in Figure 7. In thismanner, the bottom of the door will be latched against the sill andprevent opening movement thereof unless and until the leaf 38 is firstswung about its hinges 40. The outer leaf 36 is similarly equipped witha lower latching hook, as will be understood.

At the free vertical edge of the leaf 38, which is closed last andoverlies the leaf 36, there is rotatably journaled in the inwardlyfacing channel formation, an operating shaft 88 of prefer ably hollow,tubular formation for the greater part of its length and having securedthereto at its upper and lower ends crank arm castings 89 and 90respectively. The shaft is journaled in suitable bearing openingsprovided in the top angle 60 and bottom angle 61. Each of said castings89 is formed with a crank-like hook shaped arm 91--91, which are adaptedto enter through corresponding slots 92 and 93 provided in the linteland sill respectively so that, when the doors are fully closed and theshaft rotated to the position best indicated in Figure 5, said hookswill engage behind the lintel and sill and thus hold the doors closed.For operating the shaft at a convenient level, the lower casting 90 isformed with an extended arm 94, which is also adapted to act as a hasp,the same being slotted as indicated at 95 to seat over a staple`96,through which may be inserted a retaining pin or the like in the holes97 provided therefor. Preferably, all of the upper hook shaped lugs orarms for latching the doors will be protected from the lading bysuitable housing castings 98 riveted to the inner face of the dependingflange of the lintel or side plate. In this connection, it will beobserved that the operating shaft is housed from the weather due to itslocation within the channel formation at the free edge of the door B andis likewise effectively protected against injury. i

In the modification shown in Figure 8, the weather sealing anges carriedby the lefthand edges of the leaves 37 and 38 (and similarly the thefree edge 352 of the flange toward the crackv and hence reduce stillfarther the possibility of any of the foreign matter passing over theedge of the ange to a position behind it.

Referring next\to the construction illustrated in Figures 9 to 15, thegeneral arrangement is the same that for the construction alreadydescribed. As before, two doors A' and B' are emv ployed, eachconsisting of two pivotally connected leaves, as indicated at 135, 136,137 and 138, respectively, and hinged in the same manner as previouslydescribed. To the side door posts 129 are riveted vertically extendingformed sheet metal jambs 134, each of which diii'ers, however, from theJambs 34 by having an additional inwardly extended inner flange 234,thus still preserving the general channel or trough-like formation butwith a somewhat narrowed opening or mouth, as will be clear from Figure10.

The door leaf 137 consists of a main sheet metal panel 141, the mainplane of which is disposed outwardly instead of inwardly, as in thefirst described construction. Along its vertical edges, the panel 141 isformed with inwardly extending inclined sections 142-143, terminating ininner flat marginal sections 144 and 145, respectively. To these edgeportions of the sheet metal panels are secured edge bracing plates 148and 149, each of which is of generally z-section, the outer flanges ofwhich are riveted to inwardly offset portions of the panel, as indicatedat 248 and 249 and the inner ilanges of which are secured to the flatmargins of the panel by rivets, as indicated at 151 and 155,respectively. The lefthand edge brace 149 is continued and hasintegrally formed therewith, the weather sealing flange 152 so arrangedthat it isadapted to enter through the mouth of the jamb strip 134 whenthe leaf 137 is swung about its pivotal axis. In this construc-- tion,as shown in Figure 10, any rain or otherforeign matter driven betweenthe flange 234 and the member 149 must first be deflected at rightangles and then will be again deflected by the inclined flange 152 andits momentum destroyed -so that danger of the same passing around thefree edge ofthe flange 152 is eliminated. As will be understood, thedoor leaf 135 will have its outer hinged edge similarly formed tocooperate with a similar jamb 134. At its free edge, the leaf 137 has anadditional weather sealing member 448 applied thereto, which is ofchannel or U- section facing inwardly and riveted to the member 148 asby the rivets 348, thus forming a channel or trough formation with asomewhat narrowed mouth similar to that of the jamb 134.

The top of the leaf 137 is formed by extending the sheet metal panel 141inwardly and upwardly, as indicated at 156, which terminates in avertical marginal iiange 158, to which is riveted, on the outer sidethereof, an angle 160. The lower edge of the door, as shown in Figure15,*is similarly formed by extending the panel inwardly and downwardly,as indicated at 157 and terminating the same in a flat marginal flange159 to the outer lleaf 137.'1Along its free or righthand vertical edge,as viewed in Figure 10, the leaf 138 has secured thereto a speciallyformed reinforcing section 163 providing an' outwardly facing channel263 and an inwardly facing channel 363. 'I'he channel section 263provides a recess for accommodating the vertically extending operatingshaft 188 corresponding to the shaft 88. 'I'he free edge of the leaf 136has a reinforcing member 169 secured thereto, so formed as to present anoutwardly facing channel 269, the flange 369 of which enters theinwardly facing channel 363 of the adjacent door and within whichchannel 269 is received the inwardly extending flange 463 thereof. Withthis construction, the door B', when closed, securely retains the door Aand a double Joint weather seal is provided between the interiittingchannel formations at the free edges thereof, shown in Figure 10.

At the Vtop and bottom thereof, each leaf 138 and 136, adjacent itshinge connection, is provided with latching brackets 181 and 185corresponding to the similar brackets 81 and 85, respectively, andadapted to engage the lintel and sill, respectively. The operating shaft188 is similar to that previously described except that the uppercasting 189 is provided with an additional lug or kicker 289 (see Figure13), which is adapted to engage and push out the pivoted hood 178 inadvance of the actual opening movement of the door. 'Ihe pivoted hood178 is mounted and functions in the same manner as the hood 78 exceptthat the same is formed with a right angular flange 180 at its bottomedge instead of an inclined flange 80.

From the preceding description, it will be ob-l served that enectiveweather seals against the admission of any foreign matter are providedbetween all vertical joints and also along the top and bottom edges ofthe doors, said weather sealing formations being further characterizedby the fact that they will permit circulation of air to the interior ofthe container. All the formations, as obvious, are of metal, thus doingaway with 'all rubber, fabric and springs for such purposes asheretofore employed. It will also be noted that all edges of the doorsare thoroughly reinforced and braced against collapse or twisting andthat, with respect to all vertical edges of the doors, a tubularformation is present whereby great strength per unit lof weight ofmaterial is obtained.

The invention has been shown and described in what is now considered itspreferred form but obviously various changes and modifications may bemade without departing from the spirit of the invention, and all suchchanges are contemplated ascome within the scope of the claims appendedhereto.

VWhat is claimed is:

1. A transportation container having a door opening; a pair ofoppositely swinging doors adapted to close said opening; and meansproviding a weather seal joint at the meeting edges out-turned ange atits extremity extending within the channel, said formation and sectionoverlapping and interlocking when the doors are in closed position. .f-

2. A transportation container having a door opening; a door for saidopening pivotally connected to the door post, the door comprising twoleaves pivotally connected; and means providing a weather seal joint atthe adjacent edges of the two door leaves, said means including atroughlike section along the edge of one of the leaves and a flangeprojecting from the opposed edge of the other leaf, said flange beingdisposed within the trough section when the dooi is in closed position.

3. A transportation container having a door opening; two doors pivotallyconnected to the container to swing about axes paralleling the doorposts, each door comprising two pivotally connected leaves; and meansproviding a weather seal at all of the vertical joints between the doorsand posts, each of said means including a vertically extendingtrough-like section on one element and a flange on the correspondingpost element positioned within the trough section when the doors are inclosed position.

4. As an article of manufacture, a metal door adapted for pivotalmounting about a vertical axis on a container, said door having the mainbody portion thereof comprised of sheet metal and provided along itsvertical side edges with weather sealing formations, the formation alongone edge being of trough-like form and the formation along the oppositevertical edge including a fiange inclined outwardly and away from thecenter of the door.

5. A transportation container having a door opening; a door for saidopening pivoted to swing about a vertical axis; and means movablymounted on the outside of the container extending lengthwise of thelintel of the door opening, said means overlapping the joint between thetop of the door and the lintel when the door is in closed position andforming a weather seal for said joint, said means being automaticallydisplaced by and when the door is opened and assuming normal operativeposition under the influence of gravity when the door is closed.

6. A transportation container having a side door opening; a pair ofpivoted oppositely mounted doors to close said opening; and meansmovably mounted on the outside of the container extending the entirelength of the lintel of the door opening and overlapping the jointbetween the top edges of both doors and the lintel when the doors are inclosed position to form a weather seal therefor, said means beingautomatically displaced by and when either door is opened and assumingnormal operative position under the influence of gravity when and asboth doors are closed.

'7. A transportation container having a door opening; a pair ofpivotally mounted doors adapted to swing about vertical axes adjacentthe respective door posts; weather sealing means between the door postsand the edges of the doors adjacent thereto and at the meeting edges ofthe doors; a hood plate on the outer side of the container extendinglengthwise of the lintel of the door and pivotally mounted to swingabout a horizontal axis, said plate normally depending and overlappingthe joints between the tops of the doors and the lintel when the doorsare in closed position and adapted to be automatically displaced by andwhen either door is opened.

`joints between the posts and doors andadjacentedges of the doors anddoor leaves, each of said means including a trough-like section on oneelement and a flange on the opposed element adapted to enter the troughsection" when the.

doors are in closed position; a hood plate on the outer side ofthe-container pivotally mounted to swing about a horizontal axisparallel and adjacent to the lintel, said plate normally vdepending andoverlapping the joints between the top edges of the doors and the linteland adapted to be swung outwardly by and when either door is opened.

9. A transportation container having a door opening defined by a bottomsill, a lintel and side posts; a door pivoted to swing about a verticalaxis adjacent one of the side posts; and manually operable meansrotatably mounted about a vertical axis adjacent the free edge of thedoor, said means having arms movable in a horizontal planeinto and outof cooperable latching engagement with said sill and lintel.

10. As an article of manufacture, an all metal door having a weathersealing edge and adapted body portion thereof comprised of sheet metalwith all of its edges inclined inwardly and away from the center ofthedoor and with said inclined portions terminating in flat marginalportions for pivotal mounting, said door havingV the main parallel tothe main plane of the sheet; reinforcing members secured along the topand bottom edges of the door to and on the outer sides of the flatmarginal portions thereof; reinforcing means secured along one verticaledge of the sheet metal main portion; and a reinforcing weather sealingelement secured along theother vertical edge of the sheet metal portion,said element being of l substantially Z cross section with a portion ofone of its flanges inclined outwardly and away from the center of thedoor.

11. As an article of manufacture, an all metal weather sealing dooradapted for pivotal mounting, said door comprising a main sheet metalportion, all edges of which are inclined outwardly from the main planeof the sheet and away from the center thereof and terminate in flatmarginal portions outwardly offset from the main plane of the sheet;reinforcing members secured to the inner faces of the top and bottommarginal portions; reinforcing means extending along and secured to onevertical edge of the main sheet; a

reinforcing element of channel section secured to the inner face of theother vertical flat marginal portion with the channel facing outwardly;and a combined weather-sealing and bracing strip secured to the innerflange of the channel and to the main part of the sheet, said striphaving its outer edge extended beyond the channel and in-v clinedoutwardly away from the center of the door.

12. A transportation container having a door opening defined in part bya sill along the bottom thereof and flooring supported on the sill; anall metal door pivotally mounted about a vertical axis to close saidopening, the lower edge of the door extending down below the level ofsaid flooring; and means providing a weather seal along the bottom edgeof the door, said means including: an angle secured to the sill belowthe level of the surface of the iiooring and having its upper flangeextending horizontally outwardly, and an angle secured to the inner-faceof the bottom edge of the door with an upper flange extendinghorizontally inwardly in slightly spaced relation above y,

said rst named flange when thedoor is in closed position, said upperange of the door angle being located in a plane below the surface oftheooring.

13. In a railway type container having a door opening, the combinationwith a fabricated metal d oor member and an adjacent member, said twomembers being pivotally connected to swing relatively about a verticalaxis; of means providingv a weather seal joint between the adjacentvertical edges of said two members, said means comprising': a sealingelement on one member having inner and outer, laterally spaced sectionsextending toward the other member, inner and outer sections on saidother member located in planes corresponding to said ylaterally spacedsections,4

the last named inner section having a flange extending outwardlytherefrom into the space between said first named laterally spacedsections.

14. In a railway type container having a door opening. the combinationwith a fabricated metal door member and an adjacent member, said twomembers being pivotally connected to swing relatively about a verticalaxis; of means providing a lweather seal joint between the adjacentverticaledges vof said two members, said means comprising: channelshaped formations on both members, the open mouths of the channelsfacing each other, and one of said formations having also a flangeextending outwardly from the inner flange of its channel into the otherchannel formation. i

15. A transportation container having a door opening in one wallthereof; a lintel acrossthe top of said opening and inwardly offset fromthe general plane of the wall; a door for said opening and pivotallymounted to :swing about a vertical axis, said door, when closed,occupying the space between the outer plane of the side wall and lintel;and a hood plate pivotally mounted to swing about a horizontal axisparallel and adjacent to the lintel; said plate normally extendingdownwardly beyond the upper edge of the door in engagement with theouter face of the door whereby, as the door is opened, saidhood plate isautomatically swung outwardly about its pivot and, when the door movesto closed position, automatically drops downwardly to operativeposition.

16. A transportation container having a door oilset within the dooropening; a hood plate pivotally mounted adjacent said side plate andlintel and normally hanging downwardly under the iniluence of gravity;and a pivotally mounted door for said opening', the upper portion of thedoor being disposed between the hood plate and the lintel when the dooris in closed position.

17. A transportation container having a door opening dened by top andbottom framing mem-` bers and side posts; a pivotally mounted door forsaid opening, .said door comprising two leaves pivotally connected;means rigid with the outer door leaf at one end thereof adjacent itspivotal connection with` the inner leaf; andcooperable shouldered meanson the corresponding adjacent framing member with which said first namedmeans is adapted to latch when and as said outer leaf is moved to closedposition.

18` A transportation container in accordance with claim 17 wherein saidmeans rigid with the outer door leaf is in the form of a hook and saidcooperable shoulder means on the framing member is provided by a slot inthe latter through whichthe hook enters.

` 19. A transportation container in accordance with claim 9 wherein saidsill and lintel are slotted and said arms are of hook shape and adaptedto enter through the slots and engage the inner faces of the sill andlintel adjacent the slot.

20. In a railway car container having a door opening, the combinationwith a fabricated metal door member and an adjacent member, said twomembers being pivotally connected to swing relatively about a verticalaxis; of means providing a weather seal joint between the adjacentvertical edges of said members when the door member is in closedposition, said means comprising: a sealing element on one member havingan inner ange and a laterally spaced outer flange both extending towardthe other member, said outer flange having a terminal flat sectionextended inwardly at right angles to the flange of which it forms apart, said other member having an inwardly extending section adjacentand parallel to said terminal fiat section, and an outwardly inclinedterminal flange adapted to` enter the space dehne'd by said first namedflanges and fiat

